Limes with Orange

I realized that I have another quick, completely unrelated subject I wanted to mention today. But since it's completely unrelated I didn't want to add it as a P.S. to my previous post (and I'm kind of amused by how the title of this post could easily be misread as Political B.S.)...

The Budget.

The Budget that tosses pay equity out the window.
The Budget that Ignatieff the Gutless Wonder passed without a fight.

So let me just do a little mental tally:

(1) Harper may think that his so-called "apology" for residential schools makes up for his government's bad record on Native issues, but it really doesn't (anyone else remember Harper's opposition of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People?). So I know Harper doesn't value the fact that I'm Métis.

(2) Harper has been very clear about how little he values the arts, both in his speech and his budget cuts, so I know he doesn't value the fact that I'm an artist. And now...

(3) He's throwing pay equity out the window for women who work in the federal public sector. Combine this with the fact that there are backroom anti-abortion caucus meetings even though Harper claims that he doesn't want to re-open the abortion debate (if that's really true, why does this caucus still exist?) and it's pretty clear to me that Harper doesn't value the fact that I'm a woman.

Yep, that's our "progressive" government... oh, that's right, they dropped the "progressive" from their party name. Well, at least they've been honest about one thing.

And so how does our new leader of the opposition stand up to this bully of a government? He rolls over and does their bidding. Well done, Ignatieff, well done... I get to keep my nickname for you: The Gutless Wonder.

Labels: harper bashing, politics, rant